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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (December 12) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden December 12, 2014
Original Content 10 Rap Battles We Would Love To See We're running through 10 dream match ups in the world of battling. By Dallas Darden August 13, 2014
Original Content The Oscars 2014: Hip-Hop Reacts To Lupita's Win, Pharrell's Loss & More A quick recap of what hip-hop artists had to say about last night's Oscars. By Rose Lilah March 03, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: May 20-26 Staff picks for the week of May 20-26. By Trevor Smith May 27, 2013
Sports UFC's Jamahal Hill Arrested: What We Know Jamahal Hill has been arrested following an alleged domestic dispute with his brother. By TeeJay Small December 11, 2023
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: February Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart March 02, 2015
Original Content 10 Chicago Players From The Underground HotNewHipHop breaks down 10 different Chicago artists on the come-up that you should know about. By Rose Lilah February 27, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 15 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 15, 2013
Original Content On The Come-Up: Jetpack Jones HNHH's On The Come-Up profiles rising rappers and producers that show strong promise but haven't necessarily seen much shine on the site. This could range from those deep underground to artists on the cusp of the mainstream that we've overlooked. You'll find their defining characteristics broken down by category. By hnhh May 05, 2013
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: March 22nd-28th HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh March 29, 2013
Original Content Is Hip-Hop's Obsession With Ranking Rappers Healthy? Ranking the game's best rappers has always been a pivotal part of hip-hop discourse, but is the desire to build an objective tier list healthy for the culture? By Mitch Findlay August 18, 2020
Original Content Top Tracks: Kanye West's Leaked "Brothers" Coasts To #1 If new Kanye West leaks, you have to assume that it'll be the most-viewed song of the week, which is exactly the case with his and Charlie Wilson's "Brothers." By Patrick Lyons July 08, 2019